Box

NA4780

From: Alaska | Sledge Island

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number NA4780
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Sledge Island
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood
Iconography Whale
Description

Part of whaling outfit. Carved wooden box in the shape of a whale. Has compartment with two harpoon points. No cover. Whale has blue inlaid eyes.

Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Arctic: Seward Peninsula/Siberia; William Blair Van Valin, 1919

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